Major Requirements

The major requirements for Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate–New Brunswick programs of study can be divided into three parts: six eligibility courses that students must complete before they may take additional courses within the Business School, core course requirements that all students must complete regardless of their choice of major program (accounting, finance, management, marketing, or management science and information systems), and a combination of required and elective courses that students take according to their choice of major. Students must complete the requirements of the major that are in effect at the time of their admission into the major. It should be noted that in order to receive a degree from the Rutgers Business School:  Undergraduate-New Brunswick, students must take at least 45 business credits at the Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate–New Brunswick.  Students majoring in any program offered by the Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate–New Brunswick are limited to earning a maximum of 60 credits toward a degree in business school courses, with the exception of accounting majors following the 150 credit hour CPA certification requirement.  All core courses and required courses specific to the major must be completed with a grade of C or better.

Majors available for RBS Undergraduate–New Brunswick students:

• Accounting
• Finance
• Management & Global Business
• Marketing
• Supply Chain and Marketing Science

Eligibility Courses

• 33:010:272 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3)
• 01:198:170 Computer Applications for Business (3)
• 01:220:102 Introduction to Microeconomics (3)
• 01:220:103 Introduction to Macroeconomics (3)
• 01:640:135 Calculus I (4)
• 01:960:285 Introductory Statistics for Business (3)

Core Courses (31 credits)

• 33:010:272 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3)
• 33:010:275 Introduction to Managerial Accounting (3)
• 33:011:300 Business Forum (1)
• 33:140:320 Business Law I (3)
• 33:390:300 Introduction to Financial Management (3)
• 33:620:300 Principles of Management (3)
• 33:620:492 Business Policy and Strategy (3)
• 33:623:370 Management Information Systems (3)*
• 33:623:385 Statistical Methods in Business (3)
• 33:623:386 Operations Management (3)
• 33:630:301 Introduction to Marketing (3)

*This is a core course for all majors except accounting. Accounting majors will take 33:010:458 Accounting Information Systems in its place.

Required and Elective Courses Specific to the Major

Accounting

• 33:010:325 Intermediate Accounting I (3)
• 33:010:326 Intermediate Accounting II (3)
• 33:010:401 Advanced Accounting (3)
• 33:010:415 Concepts of Auditing (3)
• 33:010:421 Income Tax Accounting (3)
• 33:010:451 Cost Accounting (3)
• 33:010:458 Accounting Information Systems (3)
• One 3-credit business elective (accounting elective is suggested)

Finance

Required Courses (9 credits):

• 33:390:380 Investment Analysis (3)
• 33:390:400 Corporate Finance (3)

Choose one course from among the following**:

• 33:390:410 Asset Pricing and Portfolio Analysis (3)
• 33:390:420 Futures and Options (3)

Finance Electives (12)

Choose four from the following: 

• 33:010:325  Intermediate Accounting I***
• 33:390:320  Financial Markets and Instruments 
• 33:390:375 International Financial Management
• 33:390:430  Working Capital Management
• 33:390:435  Real Estate Finance & Mortgage Backed Securities 
• 33:390:440  Advanced Corporate Finance 
• 33:399:450  Financial Analysis, Planning & Forecasting 
• 33:390:460  Insurance Finance & Corporate Risk Management 
• 33:390:465  Pension Fund Investment & Management 
• 33:390:480  Research In Finance 
• 33:390:481  Research In Finance 
• 33:390:490  SPECIAL TOPICS IN FINANCE 

**STUDENTS WHO TAKE BOTH 33:390:410 - Asset Pricing & Portfolio Analysis and 33:390:420 - Futures & Options may use one of these as an elective to replace one of the four courses from the next group.

***33:010:325 – Although Intermediate Accounting I is included as an elective for the finance major, priority for this class is given at registration to accounting majors. 

Management

• 33:620:365 Management of Human Resources (3)
• 33:620:369 International Business (3)
• 33:620:490 Organizational Behavior (3)
• Management electives (9)

Marketing

• 33:630:374 Consumer Behavior (3)
• 33:630:385 Marketing Research (3)
• 33:630:452 Marketing Strategy (3)
• Marketing electives (12)
  

Supply Chain and Marketing Science

Required courses (12 credits)

• 33:799:300 Global Procurement and Sourcing Strategies (3)
• 33:799:301 Introduction to Supply Chain Management (3)* 
33:799:310 Demand Planning and Fulfillment (3)
• 33:360:385 Marketing Research Methods (3)
• 33:630:368 Retail Marketing (3)

* This course required for SCMS majors with a graduation year of 2011.  This course will become part of the business core for all students with a graduation year of 2012 and beyond.

Elective Courses (12 credits)

Choose four courses from the following:

• 33:630:368 Retail Marketing (3)
• 33:630:369 New Product Planning (3)
• 33:630:374 Consumer Behavior (3)
• 33:630:401 Sales Management (3)
• 33:630:371 International Marketing (3)
• 33:630:370 Business to Business Marketing (3)
• 33:799:410 Service Management (3)
• 33:799:490 Special Topics: Supply Chain Environmental Management/Green Purchasing (3) (with option to receive the Supply Chain Sustainability Leadership Certificate)
• 33:799:320 Fundamentals of Supply Chain Solutions with SAP (3)
• 33:799:420SCMS Industry Client Projects (co-sponsored by 22 companies) (3)
• 33:799:380 Introduction to Project Management (3)
• 33:799:430 Supply Security and Risk Management (3)
• 33:799:460 Intro. to Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing (3)
• 33:620:375 Organizational Design and Change (3)
• 33:390:430 Working Capital Management (3)
• 22:799:648 Valuation of New Business Ventures (3)